US returns to lunar surface for first time in over 50 years: ‘Welcome to the moon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft Odysseus lands after a 73-minute descent, touching down near moon’s south pole...
US intelligence casts doubt on Israeli claims of UNRWA-Hamas links, report says | Israel-Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
John Oliver offers to pay Clarence Thomas $1m a year if he resigns from supreme court (www.theguardian.com)
The late-night talkshow host John Oliver has offered to pay Clarence Thomas $1m annually – as well as give him a $2m tour bus – if the Republican judge resigns from the US supreme court....
Australian working in Rafah hospital says all staff are struggling: ‘We have victims caring for victims’ (www.theguardian.com)
UK hedgehog sightings on the rise after years of decline, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
Russia arrests US dual national over alleged $51 Ukrainian charity donation (www.theguardian.com)
High court rejects legal challenge over UK arms sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Polish farmers dump grain in protest as Ukraine dispute deepens (www.theguardian.com)
Poland’s bitter dispute with Ukraine over farm imports has escalated as Polish farmers dumped grain from a freight train as part of nationwide protests and Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Warsaw of “mockery”....
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
Israel says it will launch Rafah assault if hostages not freed by Ramadan (www.theguardian.com)
A member of Israel’s war cabinet has said the country will launch its threatened ground offensive against Rafah, the last place of relative safety in Gaza, if Hamas does not release its remaining Israeli hostages by the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in just under three weeks....
Hindu nationalists go to court over lion named after Muslim emperor in India (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defence’ in Gaza, says Labour’s Streeting (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Ministers confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in England (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza’s largest functioning hospital ‘completely out of service’, say health officials (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens killed in outbreak of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea highlands (www.theguardian.com)
‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)
There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...
Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda...
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles...
Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela (www.theguardian.com)
Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea...
Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage (www.theguardian.com)
Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex civil marriage, despite opposition from church officials....
‘A lot higher than we expected’: Russian arms production worries Europe’s war planners (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow has massively ramped up its industry, giving it advantages in Ukraine and leading to a redistribution of wealth...
